BIOSORPTION OF HEAVY METALS FROM TANNERY EFFLUENTS BY USING GREEN UNICELLULAR MICROALGA, Tetradesmus obliquus RDRL01

A M  Rajalakshmi; T Silambarasan; R Dhandapani

doi:10.48165/

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A M Rajalakshmi Fermentation Technology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem – 636 011, Tamil Nadu (India)
T Silambarasan School of Allied Health Sciences, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Demeed to be University), Salem – 636 308, Tamil Nadu (India)
R Dhandapani Fermentation Technology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem – 636 011, Tamil Nadu (India)

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https://doi.org/10.48165/

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Bioethanol, biosorption, FTIR, heavy metals, HPLC, microalgae, tannery effluent

Abstract

In present study, ecofriendly biological treatment of tannery effluent was performed by using unicellular microalga Tetradesmus obliquus strain RDRL01, isolated from Sipcot, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (India). The microalga reduced heavy metals content viz., chromium, cobalt, nickel, cadmium, lead, zinc and copper by 99.1, 98.2, 97.4, 94.3, 98.3, 96.8 and 96.3%, respectively, after 15 days treatment of tannery effluent. Treated effluent had 3.51 g biomass L-1 and treated effluent biomass contained 330.5 mg carbohydrate g-1 and yielded 13.5 mL bioethanol g-1. The functionagroups identified by Fourier transform infrared analysis were carboxylic acids, alkyl, hydroxyl, and carbonyl. Purified bioethanol was confirmed by HPLC, and chromatogram peak showed the retention time of 5.35 min. Microalgae T. obliquus RDRL01 demonstrated good biosorption efficiency and removed various toxic heavy metal pollutants from tannery effluent.

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BIOSORPTION OF HEAVY METALS FROM TANNERY EFFLUENTS BY USING GREEN UNICELLULAR MICROALGA, Tetradesmus obliquus RDRL01

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